slack ma girdle
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All our wood is cut to 4 feet in lenght (maximum lenght that the splitter will split) and split on the splitter. It is then stacked to dry. We then use a saw bench to cut to what ever the customer wants: 6 to 22 inch is the range that our customers want.
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We priced a dismantle for a monteray cypress to take two days. Six days later we finnally felled the last 20 feet of the stem. Oh dear !!!!! The owner took pity on us and gave us an extra £200, even with this, major cock up
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That would make sense, as most of the browning was on the west side of the hedge which bares the brunt of the odd blow of wind that we get here.
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I prune those loverly hairy hedges in april and may, when the frosts are over. The tree then has the summer to put on new growth, which then has time to harden off before the following winter. Having said that i did prune a hedge last week, but that had some burn, and i wanted to remove it while it is dormant. I have no idea if it will work, but i want to try something otherwise the hedge is going to cark it. I also laid down old blankets to catch all the clipping, to make sure that none were left behind. Then had a lovely smokey fire to burn it all.
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Redwood Forest Hiking Vacation ~ It's this affordable
slack ma girdle replied to mdvaden's topic in General chat
I so want to go, but i need to get the house water tight first -
Probably a hybrid of black popular with something else of a popular origin. Sorry i am trying to be as vague as i can
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I have got a ruler with all the info printed on it, and it says .......... Sorry it is lurking in the landrover, and it is too dark to find. The forestry commision produce various books with all the volume inforamtion, and they are only a couple of quid.
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If you know what the breaking strain is, then you can work out the working load limit, via your safety factors. Take into account knotts, chokers and other shiney toys used, as these will effect the woking load limit. i.e. chocker reduces by 4/5's Rope going through a pully doubles the load to the chocker etc etc Note all of these in your log book, so when you have and inspection all the information is to hand, and it should pass. :thumbup:
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Bob has one of my sons old jumpers, when it is cold. The only trouble is the hem is too baggy around his middle, and he keeps weeing on it. Solved it with a bull dog clip
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If only it was that easy. The ground has been so wet, the cost of re-instating the ground will be more than the day and half that it will take us to demolish the tree
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I humbley bow to your worldly knowedge. I have got some fun rigging over a caravan this week, and i shall give it a go. And when it goes belly up i will know who to blame:marchmellow::bowdown:
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Do you not wory with all this extra mechcanical advantage, that you are going do overload the limbs that have to carrying this extra weight. As i seam to remember from my 41 training, when a rope goes over a pully you are doubleling the load to the anchor point. Or do you have a cunning method for dealing this
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On one of the master of stone videos, this crazy man is testing quick draws which he has cut to various degrees. He then leaps off the top of an enormous cliff and keeps falling until one of the cut quickdraws decides to hold. About 200 feet he falls until his fall is checked. Bloody fool
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Don't diss the pies, eat them
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£15 per tonne, that seems a bit expensive
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Sthil tends to be 30 degrees, and husky/ Oregan 25 degrees. This is only a general rule and there will always be exceptions like ripping chains
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Tried that and it did not make any difference
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We chipped a large area of elm, and the stringy bark jammed the fly wheel, which cause the drive belts to snap. The belts tangled around the wiring, and striped the lot. Hire company not very happy when we returned it. We were chucking the Elm from the top of the bank straight into the chipper, so by the time we had slid down the bank and turned off the chipper it was too late
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I have been trying to split some Elm for the home fires, and i have forgotten just how hard it is. Picture One, After repeated hitting with splitting maul, i resort to a splitting wedge. Wedge goes in and the log does not split. Pictrue two, go all around the log where i think it might split hitting it with the maul. Log still does not split Picture three, Resort to brick bolster and finally crack log. The log still required a further 10-15 blows with the maul Total time to split log in half, about 1/2 an hour. Still got another 10 logs to go !!!!!!
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Glasses with ear defenders stopping the noise!
slack ma girdle replied to Ian Flatters's topic in General chat
I have alway worn glasses. I can not say that i have noticed any difference. But then due to my bad eye sight i can not work work safely with out glasses. I like the sordin ear defenders because the padding is softer and more comfortably -
Looks like you are having a worse week than me. Still looking on the bright side, i will bet that there is somebody having a worse week than you
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decay detection, weapon of choice?
slack ma girdle replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Tree health care
A pointy stick, always available, and free. Can also be used for toasting lunch items, and tying onto the climbers rope to annoy him -
How many things can go wrong with one job.
slack ma girdle replied to slack ma girdle's topic in General chat
Back to Laylandii in the caravan park next week yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeee -
Is that bur in the oak tree as big as it looks, or is it an opitical ilusion
